Tack-puller.



No. 888,841. PATENTED MAY 26, 1908.-

J. E. NAUDAIN.

TACK FULLER. APPLICATION FILED JULY16, 1907.

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I 7 %WW i ma JOHN E. NAUDAIN, OF SPARROWS POINT, MARYLAND.

TACK-FULLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 16, 1907.

Patented May 26, 1908.

Serial No. 383,989.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN E. NAUDAIN, a

, citizen of the United States, residing at Sparrows Point, in thecounty of Baltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new anduseful Im rovements in Tack-Pullers, of which the f0 owingis aspecification.

This invention relates to an instrument for pulling tacks from carpets,matting and other oor coverings.

The object of the invention is to provide an improved tack-puller thatcan be used for drawing tacks that hold floor-coverings withoutrequiring the operator to stoo or kneel.

The invention is illustrated in t e accompanying drawing in which:

Figure 1 is a side view of the tack-puller showing it in position toengage the head of a tack. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the operatingend of the tack-puller. v

The metal part of the tack-puller in actual practice, comprises a stripof iron or steel about three thirty-seconds of an inch thick, and a.half inch wide. The shank, 1, is straight and at one end may have ahandle, 2, of wood or any preferred material; near its lower end theshank has a quarter-twist, 3, and its extremity has a s lit claw, 4,between the claw and the sai quarter-twist is a short straight portion,5.

The claw which is to engage the head of a tack projects forward, and atthe rear side and at the back of the claw, is a suitable fulcrum, 6,attached to the short straight portion 5, by means of a rivet, 7. Inorder to push or slide the claw forward and force its thin edge belowthe head of a tack, I provide at the back an inclined footresser orbearing, 8. This foot-Presser an the fulcrum, 6, are made of a singlebar of metal; the upper end of the foot-presser has a quarter-twist, 9,and is attached by a rivet, 10, to

'the shank, 1, above its quarter-twist, 3.

Thus the two rivets, 7 and 10, serve to hold the fulcrum andfoot-presser securely to the shank.

As the u per part of the foot-presser is attached to t e shank, 1, andtherefrom has a downward inclination, its top surface affords a bearingupon which the toe-part of a persons' shoe may rest. The top surface ofthe inclined bearing is smooth so as to slip from under the operatorsfoot, and therefore the o erator can place the toeart of his foot on t1e incline, 8, as shown in ig. 1, and then by bearing the said toe-partdown, the device will slip forward and the thin edge of the claw, 4,will engage below the head of the tack. The hand of the operator willthen move the handle end of the shank backward,

which, operating as a lever, will result in pulling the tack easily.Very little backward movement of the handle-end is required to draw atack.

Having described the invention and its mode of operation, what I desireto secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An instrument for pulling tacks comprising a fiat operating barhaving a twist adjacent its lower end and a claw at said end below thetwist which projects forwardly, and a flat metal fulcrum bar secured tothe lower twisted end behind the claw of the operating bar and extendingrearwardly and upwardly from said claw and the upper end of said fulcrumbar being secured to the op erating bar.

2. An instrument for pulling tacks comprising a flat operating barhaving a twist adjacent its lower end which end is formed into a splitclaw and a fiat fulcrum bar having its two ends connected to the lowerend of the operating bar with its portion between the connected endsextending rearwardly behind the twisted end of-the o erating bar.

Intestimony whereof I a my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. N AUDAIN.

